Best missiles?

skimbo · Post by **skimbo** » Thu, 1. Dec 05, 13:01

Hi all

Was hoping someone could tell me what the best type of missile is for each job - i.e. mosquito good against fighters (except its not of course!) and what you recommend using.

After my post about mass drivers and your advice (thanks again all) I took the plunge and ordered up 3 for my centaur... they certainly are fun!

So what missile recommendations?

Skimbo

Dunners · Post by **Dunners** » Thu, 1. Dec 05, 13:04

Mosquito missiles: to get someones attention
Wasp Missiles: to get them to panic (M3's) M4's and M5's will die

Anything esle is superfluous.

Dunners

General Dave · Post by **General Dave** » Thu, 1. Dec 05, 13:04

Tempest missiles are absolute beasts with good tracking capability and a 100% one shot one kill on M3's only, now up to 30 M3's have been Ko'd by my Tempests, where do you buy a tempest (type freind/foe class seeker) missile factory, I wantsmeone.....

willbevan · Post by **willbevan** » Thu, 1. Dec 05, 13:09

Tempest Missile Fact -

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Tempest Missile Factory - Depths Of Silence - 7.7Mil
I belive the rank is "Queen's Protectorate" but im not 100% sure

gpz1100 · Post by **gpz1100** » Thu, 1. Dec 05, 13:13

Wanter to build a combined tempest and thunderbolt missile fab but as far as I can see theu are only supplied by different races.

The manual mensions some missiles I haven't found yet e.g. cyclone. So where are these then?

General Dave · Post by **General Dave** » Thu, 1. Dec 05, 13:14

That better not be the only one, I only recently declared a truce on the Boron as they kept popping Ut's (poss cause I was popping Tl's

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It'll take me a whole lot of time to regain there trust methinks...

skimbo · Post by **skimbo** » Thu, 1. Dec 05, 13:15

Wasp sounds interesting...

Cost much? Just I want to fill up M6's with them to add to their protective ability from M3's and other nasties.

What about the cap ships? I've had hornet missiles and tried them on a pirate base... didint even dent the shields

I thought these things were supposed to be 'monsters' and really powerful.

Skimbo

General Dave · Post by **General Dave** » Thu, 1. Dec 05, 13:17

Pirate bases have unrealistically powerfull shields...
Try on a standard base after you've saved....
Also use ion disruptors to take down shiels and missiles to crack hulls!

willbevan · Post by **willbevan** » Thu, 1. Dec 05, 13:19

GENERAL DAVE: I think it is the only one

gpz1100:

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as far as i know the only missile fabs in the game so far are:

Mosquito Missile Factory
Wasp Missile Factory
Dragonfly Missile Factory
Silkworm Missile Factory
Hornet Missile Factory
Tempest Missile Factory
Firestorm Torpedo Factory
Thunderbolt Missile Factory
Aurora Missile Factory
Typhoon Missile Factory
Firefly Missile Factory

Maybe the cyclone was renamed Typhon or something, or it just isnt around

ColinUKBerks · Post by **ColinUKBerks** » Fri, 2. Dec 05, 21:43

I have to agree with part of the part above, the Tempest rocks as a big ship killer, but I also try and have a few Hurricanes in the bay, very fast and make a mess of smaller faster ships - my record is 3 M5's with one shot - they were flying way too close

C.

Apocholypse · Post by **Apocholypse** » Sat, 3. Dec 05, 00:05

GENERAL DAVE wrote:Tempest missiles are absolute beasts with good tracking capability and a 100% one shot one kill on M3's only, now up to 30 M3's have been Ko'd by my Tempests, where do you buy a tempest (type freind/foe class seeker) missile factory, I wantsmeone.....

Tempest missles don't work on my game, coz they don't bloody fire

It always has to be me doesn't it

Jathor · Post by **Jathor** » Sat, 3. Dec 05, 00:11

No new imput on my part, I'll just point out to some raw data from Korban

Missiles
Dumbfire
Firefly Missiles-yield(1500)-Type Dumbfire- Class Dumbfire- Small fast, single trajectory.
Aurora Missiles-yield(5000)-Type Synaptic-Class Dumbfire-fire then hit same button, explodes.
Dragonfly Missiles-yield(9900)-Type Dumbfire-Class Dumbfire-single trajectory.
Swarm
Wasp Missiles-yield(1000)-Type Swarm IR-Class Swarm-tracks, can fire pointed away mult.
Typhoon Missiles-yield(30000)-Type Swarm IR-Class Swarm-tracks, fire pointed away, mult.
Tornado Missiles-yield(50000)-Type Swarm Dumbfire-Class Swarm-mult shots.
Seekers
Blizzard Missiles-yield(10000)-Type Tracker-Class Seeker-splits into multiple missiles tracks.
Tempest Missiles-yield(60000)-Type Friend/Foe-Class Seekers-seeks largest threat
Thunderbolt Missiles-yield(75000)-Type Heat Seeking-Class Seekers- target heat signature
Image Recognition
Mosquito Missiles-yield(200)-Type IR-Class IR-good for missile defense, killing drones.
Cyclone Missiles-yield(20000)-Type Proximity Tracker-Class IR- Splits and tracks mult.
Silkworm Missiles-yield(24000)-Type IR-Class IR- large tracking missile
High Yield
Hurricane Missiles-yield(6000)-Type Proximity Charge-Class High Yield- good for groups target
Hornet Missiles-yields(49000)-Type IR-Class High Yield- Slow but powerful and tracks
Firestorm Torpedo-yields(50000)-Type Torpedo-Class High Yield-slowest, has a hull
NA
Remote Guided Warhead-yield(100000)-Type Guided-Class NA-pilot can take control it.
Disruptor Missiles-yield(10000)-Type IR-Class NA-disrupts the engine leaves hull intact.
Kha’ak’ Sting, Needle, and Thorn Missile-yield(4000,7450,15000)-Class NA- fast, proximity.
By Korban

Source : http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=107989

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